The Origins of the Second World War
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The Origins of the Second World War is a controversial historical study by A. J. P. Taylor that challenges conventional views on the causes and responsibility for the outbreak of World War II.
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| The Origins of the Second World War canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Origins of the Second World War Context triple: [A. J. P. Taylor, notableWork, The Origins of the Second World War]
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The World at War 1914–1945
The World at War 1914–1945 is a historical study by Jeremy Black that analyzes the global military, political, and social dimensions of the two World Wars as a single, interconnected era of conflict.
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The Great War and the Making of the Modern World
The Great War and the Making of the Modern World is a historical study that examines how World War I reshaped global politics, society, and culture, laying the foundations for the modern era.
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C.
The Myth of the Twentieth Century
The Myth of the Twentieth Century is a 1930 Nazi ideological treatise by Alfred Rosenberg that attempts to provide a racial and philosophical justification for National Socialism.
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D.
Nazi war aims
Nazi war aims encompassed an expansionist, genocidal program to conquer and colonize Eastern Europe, subjugate or exterminate its populations, and establish German racial and political dominance.
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E.
The Time Between the Wars: Armistice to Pearl Harbor
The Time Between the Wars: Armistice to Pearl Harbor is a historical work by Jonathan Worth Daniels that examines the political, social, and diplomatic developments in the United States and abroad during the interwar period from the end of World War I to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Origins of the Second World War Target entity description: The Origins of the Second World War is a controversial historical study by A. J. P. Taylor that challenges conventional views on the causes and responsibility for the outbreak of World War II.
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A.
The World at War 1914–1945
The World at War 1914–1945 is a historical study by Jeremy Black that analyzes the global military, political, and social dimensions of the two World Wars as a single, interconnected era of conflict.
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B.
The Great War and the Making of the Modern World
The Great War and the Making of the Modern World is a historical study that examines how World War I reshaped global politics, society, and culture, laying the foundations for the modern era.
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C.
The Myth of the Twentieth Century
The Myth of the Twentieth Century is a 1930 Nazi ideological treatise by Alfred Rosenberg that attempts to provide a racial and philosophical justification for National Socialism.
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D.
Nazi war aims
Nazi war aims encompassed an expansionist, genocidal program to conquer and colonize Eastern Europe, subjugate or exterminate its populations, and establish German racial and political dominance.
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E.
The Time Between the Wars: Armistice to Pearl Harbor
The Time Between the Wars: Armistice to Pearl Harbor is a historical work by Jonathan Worth Daniels that examines the political, social, and diplomatic developments in the United States and abroad during the interwar period from the end of World War I to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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history book ⓘ |
| argues |
that Hitler was an opportunist rather than following a fixed master plan
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that appeasement was a rational policy given the circumstances of the 1930s ⓘ that the Treaty of Versailles and interwar diplomacy created conditions leading to war ⓘ that the outbreak of war in 1939 resulted from diplomatic blunders and miscalculations ⓘ |
| author | A. J. P. Taylor ⓘ |
| controversy |
accused of exonerating or minimizing Hitler’s responsibility
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criticized for alleged misuse and selective use of diplomatic documents ⓘ sparked intense debate among historians upon publication ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes |
the moralistic interpretation of interwar diplomacy
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the view that Hitler alone was responsible for the war ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
continuities between Weimar and Nazi foreign policy
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the role of misperceptions and miscalculations in diplomacy ⓘ |
| focusesOn | foreign policies of Germany, Britain, France, Italy, and the Soviet Union in the 1930s ⓘ |
| genre |
historiography
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political history ⓘ |
| hasEdition | paperback edition ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
debates on appeasement
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revisionist interpretations of World War II origins ⓘ |
| hasReputation | classic work of revisionist historiography ⓘ |
| influencedBy | A. J. P. Taylor’s revisionist approach to history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | D741 ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
European diplomacy between the World Wars
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Second World War ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
causes of World War II ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
challenging the orthodox view of Hitler’s unique responsibility
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controversial interpretation of the causes of World War II ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| publicationDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hamish Hamilton ⓘ |
| questions | the idea of an inevitable war caused solely by Nazi ideology ⓘ |
| receivedCriticismFrom |
Gerhard Weinberg
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Hugh Trevor-Roper ⓘ many orthodox historians of Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848–1918 ⓘ |
| setsInContext | Nazi foreign policy within broader European power politics ⓘ |
| structure | organized thematically around diplomatic crises of the 1930s ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readers interested in World War II
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scholars of international relations ⓘ students of history ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
1919–1939
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interwar period ⓘ |
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